Coming to Saudi Arabia: The world's first women-only city

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Saudi Arabia has a problem: The Persian Gulf kingdom has an increasingly educated, increasingly unemployed female population and ultraconservative laws and customs that forbid women from mingling, much less working, with men. The Saudis are fashioning an unusual solution, building an industrial city that will allow only women. The female-only zone is scheduled to open in the Eastern Province city of Hofuf next year, with more ladies-only areas to come in Riyadh, the capital.

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The inaugural one in Hofuf is essentially a female-only industrial zone that's expected to employ about 5,000 Saudi women in the textile, pharmaceutical, and food-processing industries. Women will run the companies and factories. "I'm sure that women can demonstrate their efficiency in many aspects and clarify the industries that best suit their interests, nature, and ability," says Saleh al-Rasheed, deputy director general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority.

http://theweek.com/article/index/231958/coming-to-saudi-arabia-the-worlds-first-women-only-city

Edited August 16, 2012 by Habitual Offender

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Interesting!

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so what happens when this site outperforms those run by men?

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so what happens when this site outperforms those run by men?

That'll just show how good a job the men did raising their girls to become productive.